EFSA Journal

Outcome of the public consultation on a draft protocol for assessing exposure to sweeteners as part of their safety assessment under the food additives re‐evaluation programme

This technical report presents the outcome of the public consultation on a draft protocol for assessing exposure to sweeteners. It includes an overview of the comments received and the general responses from EFSA. The protocol was developed by the EFSA Pa ...

Assessment of new information on Bisphenol S (BPS) submitted in response to the Decision 1 under REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006

Bisphenol S (BPS) is currently authorised under Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 to be used as a monomer in plastic food contact materials (FCM)with a Specific Migration Limit (SML) of 0.05 mg/kg food.The European Commission (EC) asked EFSA to assess the impact ...

Implemented activities under the EFSA Pre‐Accession programme 2017‐2019

European Union (EU) agencies (at the moment 12), including the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) are active contributors to the EU Instrument for the Pre‐accession Assistance (IPA) programmes through the European Commission (EC) Multi‐country programm ...

Implemented activities under the EFSA Pre‐Accession programme 2015‐2017

European Union (EU) agencies (at the moment 12), including the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) are active contributors to the EU Instrument for the Pre‐accession Assistance (IPA) programmes through the European Commission (EC) Multi‐country programm ...

Outcome of the public consultation on a draft protocol for the assessment of hazard identification and characterisation of sweeteners

This technical report presents the outcome of the public consultation on a draft protocol for the hazard identification and characterisation of sweeteners.It includes an overview of the comments received and the general responses from EFSA. The protocol w ...

Analysis of JECFA's draft guideline on “Evaluation of enzyme preparations used in the manufacture of foods”

EFSA was requested by the European Commission to review and comment on the JECFA proposal to update its guideline on the evaluation of enzyme preparations used in the manufacture of foods. A comparison was made between the JECFA proposal and relevant EFSA ...

Technical report of the public consultation on the ‘Draft update of the risk assessment of di‐butylphthalate (DBP), butyl‐benzyl‐phthalate (BBP), bis(2‐ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP), di‐isononylphthalate (DINP) and di‐isodecylphthalate (DIDP) for use in...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) carried out a public consultation to receive input from the scientific community and all interested parties on the Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids Panel(CEP Panel)'sdraft scientific opinio ...

Testing the study appraisal methodology from the 2017 Bisphenol A (BPA) hazard assessment protocol

Prior to being applied to the new bisphenol A (BPA) re‐evaluation, the study appraisal methodology described in the 2017 BPA hazard assessment protocol, i.e. the so‐called ‘2017 methodology’, was tested on a selection of studies that had been previously a ...

EFSA statement on the review of the risks related to the exposure to the food additive titanium dioxide (E 171) performed by the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES)

On 15 April 2019, the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES) published an opinion on the risks related to the exposure to the food additive titanium dioxide (E 171) taking into account the most recent scientific s ...

Outcome of the questions for health professionals in the fields of nephrology, mineral metabolism, cardiovascular and nutrition medicine on phosphates food additives re-evaluation

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) carried out a public consultation to receive input from interested parties on questions asked to health professionals in the fields of nephrology, mineral metabolism, cardiovascular and nutrition medicine relevant ...

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